DAI#36 – Mini models, upscale video, and AI dogfights
Welcome to our roundup of this week’s freshest AI news. This week AI took blurry videos and made them look awesome. Microsoft released a tiny model…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
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DAI#35 – Curious AI, robot soccer, and artificial musicians
Welcome to our weekly roundup of ethically sourced AI news. This week AI taught robots how to play soccer. Udio turned everyone into a “musician”. And…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
The paradox of curiosity in the age of AI
Curiosity drives technology research and development, but does it drive and magnify the risks of AI itself? And what happens if AI develops its own curiosity?…
By Sam Jeans · 11 min read
DAI#34 – Data grabs, hot chips, and plus-size models
Welcome to this week’s roundup of triple-distilled artisanal AI news. This week, companies that scrape your data for free complained that others were stealing it. Big…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
NVIDIA’s AI odyssey: from humble origins to a $2 trillion company
NVIDIA, a name synonymous with cutting-edge technology and innovation, was founded just some three decades ago in 1993. From humble beginnings as a graphics chip designer…
By Sam Jeans · 11 min read
DAI#33 – Games, voice clones, and AI fortune tellers
Welcome to this week’s roundup of handwritten AI news. This week OpenAI said its AI voice cloner was too good to release. An NYC-approved chatbot gave…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
The Lonely Boys: Which countries are the most interested in AI girlfriends?
The various capabilities of artificial intelligence have exploded into the mainstream in the past year, and with that means the adoption of some slightly more left-field…
By Tyne Stewart · 7 min read
DAI#32 – Sora action, digital twins, and AI Borg hive minds
Welcome to our roundup of this week’s spiciest AI news. This week Sora impressed filmmakers and depressed actors. Researchers created an AI hive mind. And doctors…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
Which AI-Leading Countries Are Most Interested In Deep-Fake Creation?
While the proliferation of AI tools and technology has already delivered numerous benefits to individuals and businesses alike, it’s also true that the increased accessibility to…
By Tyne Stewart · 6 min read
Claude 3 reawakened debates on AI sentience and consciousness
Anthropic recently introduced Claude 3, a large language model (LLM) that challenges the current heavyweight GPT-4. The most advanced AI model from Anthropic’s new series, Claude…
By Sam Jeans · 11 min read